Food Network Magazine - (09)September 2020

16 FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE ●SEPTEMBER 2020

VEGETABLES: ANDREW PURCELL. BREAD: ALAMY.

Vegetable gardens are back.

Extra time at home has turned us into a nation

of gardeners: Sales at the seed company

Burpee nearly doubled during state lockdowns,

and calls to the company’s hotline spiked by

75 percent! “I’ve never seen so many people

discover their yards,” says chairman George Ball.

Some experts have compared the trend to

World War II, when nearly 40 percent of America’s

fruits and vegetables came from victory gardens.

It’s not too late to get a garden going: Late

summer is a great time to plant mustard greens,

kale, chard, fingerling potatoes and parsnips.

8

THINGS

you need to know

this month

ICE POPS are

all grown up.

The makers of Fla-Vor-Ice are

selling spiked versions of their

popular frozen pops, called Sliq,

and other brands are doing the

same. Cutwater Spirits is making

pops inspired by drinks like rum

and cola, and Bud Light now sells

Freeze-A-Rita “icicles.”

WHITE BREAD might be healthier

than you think.

wheat used for these

loaves now contains

more dietary fiber and

heart-healthy betaine

than it did in the past.

SOURCE: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

food news

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